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1. aaron, n.1 View full entry ?c1425
...The wild arum or cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum. Cf. arum...
2. acetous, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Of or relating to vinegar; producing or containing vinegar or (esp. in later use) acetic acid; of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour. Also fig....
3. adustion, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The action or process of burning, scorching, or parching; desiccation; (Surg.) cauterization, moxibustion. Obs....
4. alcanna, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Alkanet, Alkanna tinctoria, a southern European plant with a root which is used to produce a red dye; the root of this plant or the dye (or other extract) itself....
5. altering, adj. View full entry ?c1425
...Med. = alterative1. Now hist....
6. alumen, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The mineral alum (alum)....
7. aluminous, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Infused or treated with alum; containing alum. Also: of the nature of or characteristic of alum. Now chiefly hist....
8. animal spirit, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Med. and Physiol. The (supposed) agent responsible for sensation and movement, originating in the brain and passing to and from the periphery of the body through the nerves; nervous...
9. baseness, n. View full entry ?a1425
...Lowering (in position); depression. Obs.rare....
10. blacking, n.1 View full entry ?a1425
...The action of making black by the application of some substance; (also) the action or an act of turning black or darkening. Cf. blackening...
11. blooding, n.1 View full entry ?a1425
...Prob.: the making of blood. Obs.rare....
12. cankered, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Of a wound, sore, part of the body, etc.: affected with canker or a canker; of the nature of or relating to (a) canker; infected, festering; gangrenous. Now Eng. regional....
13. communicant, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...= communicateObs.rare....
14. eduction, n. View full entry ?c1425
...Med. The excretion, expulsion, or removal of something from the body. Obs....
15. generate, adj. View full entry ?a1425
...Generated, created, produced. Freq. as pa. pple....
16. hereditary, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...Biol., Med., etc. Of physical and mental characteristics, diseases, instincts, etc.: that are or may be passed naturally from parents to offspring; spec. passed to offspring as...
17. laborant, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A sick person; a person who suffers from a disease. Cf. labour3. Obs....
18. matrix, n. View full entry ?a1425
...The womb; the uterus of a mammal. Also (in later use esp. of an oviparous vertebrate or invertebrate animal): the ovary; the part of the female reproductive tract producing or storing eggs...
19. mediciner, n. View full entry ?a1425
...A physician, a healer; a practitioner or teacher of medicine; spec. †(the title of) the Professor of Medicine at King's College, Aberdeen (obs.). Also in extended use....
20. metallic, adj. and n. View full entry ?a1425
...Of or relating to metal; containing a metal or metals; of the nature of or having the properties of a metal....
